Amita Bhaduri

Carbon removal using ‘blue carbon’ habitats “uncertain and unreliable”

New study from the University of East Anglia challenges the widely held view that restoring areas such as mangroves, saltmarsh and seagrass can remove large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

Mediterranean seagrass (Image: David Luquet, CNRS-Sorbonne University)

Very few questions being asked on climate change in the Parliament

Ministers referred to a source for their information on climate change in only 10% of the questions asked, study indicates Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

Parliamentarians can help develop a policy and regulatory framework that promotes climate change mitigation and adaptation (Image: Rawpixel)

Transitioning from risk to resilience with SDG localisation

There is a need to boost transformative adaptation action and resilience building measures Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

ESCAP is supporting monitoring and implementation of climate and disaster-related Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Image: Fazlul Alam, Pixahive)

Willingness to pay for arsenic-safe drinking water

A case study to understand societal embedding of electrochemical arsenic remediation technology in rural West Bengal Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Tubewell reported to have arsenic contamination (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

Mapping carbon reserves to fight climate change

India’s potential for carbon reserves among top ten countries, says study Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Preserving existing forests and woody ecosystems among the actions needed to curb climate change (Image: European Wilderness Society)

Need to consider multiple values of nature in policy decisions

Decisions based on a narrow set of market values of nature underpin the global biodiversity crisis Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

More than 50 methods and approaches exist to make visible the diverse values of nature (Image: Pixnio)

Evaluating water use reduction strategies in Marathwada

Tracking the outcome of select water conservation structures with the community in Aurangabad Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Farmers are assured of regular irrigation water, hence they have started cultivating ginger (Image: Sehgal Foundation)

Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death

The river is faced with the dual problem of flood plain encroachment and growing levels of water pollution Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)

How effective is Malki practice for conserving Gujarat’s Dang forests?

Green cover density in 74% area of Dang forests increased during 2001–18 Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Slow onset climate-induced disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking

People in India fleeing disasters like drought more likely to have experienced trafficking or modern slavery than those fleeing floods or cyclones Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

The country's climate change assessment suggests things are only going to get worse (Image: Saurav Karmakar, India Water Portal Flickr)

Can circular economy strategies mitigate climate change in Delhi?

Application of circular economy framework for reducing the impacts of climate change Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Integrating ReSOLVE strategy within the priority sectors ensued a reduction in carbon and material footprint by 0.18–15.7% and 5.3–25% respectively (Image: PxHere; CC0 Public Domain)

Slum land rights: A necessity for success of PMAY

PMAY needs policy commitment to rehabilitate slums in small and medium cities of Gujarat Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Need for legal framework for land rights in small and medium cities of Gujarat under PMAY (Image: Homes in the City)

ClimateTech start-up addresses climate finance problem

Climes raises USD 1.2 million in its first round of funding led by Sequoia Capital India and Kalaari Capital Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Climate finance seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will address climate change (Image: Kai Stachowiak)

Leaving no one behind

National engagement on COVID-19 vaccination and migrants Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 4 months ago

Migrant workers were more likely to experience a higher burden of COVID-19 infection (Image: ILO Asia-Pacific, Flickr Album)

India-Bangladesh floods change course of children’s lives as entire districts submerged

Save the Children helps people stranded in deadly flooding Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Millions affected after deadly floods affect the two countries (Image: Save the Children)

Improving India's poor environmental performance

Environmental Performance Index ranks India at the bottom Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

As per the EPI 2022 deteriorating air quality and rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions are the primary reasons behind the country's low score (Image: Rawpixel)

Push for sustainable substitutes for single use plastics

Seven startups working on sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics in the food and beverage industry incubated by GoMassive Earth Network Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Mobile refill stations help Mumbai's citizens go zero-waste (Image: BetterIndia)

Financing clean energy transitions to meet India's climate goals

India must significantly step-up clean energy subsidies to meet its 2030 targets: CEEW-IISD Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

India needs to further shift support away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy technologies (Image: Kenueone, Pixabay)

Hidden treasure: Adivasi’s traditional food diversity

Odisha Millets Mission is trying to bring back the glory of millets in tribal areas Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

A range of millet recipes and ready to cook items are sold by Millets on Wheels in Jashipur block in Mayurbhanj district. This initiative is supported by Odisha Millets Mission (Image: Odisha Millets Mission)

Regulating water bodies in the Kashmir valley

Implementing the statutory provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010 for the protection and improvement in the physical integrity of water courses Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Gil Sar lake, Jammu and Kashmir (Image: Wikimedia Commons)